Disassembling a kit

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rensark01@netzero.net - 31 Aug 2005 20:16 GMT

Sorry for the newbie question, but I have an old Revell Destroyer kit
from 1953 that I want to disassemble. What is the best way to do this?
It is unpainted, but was very sloppily glued together.

Please email me any suggestions you might have.

Thanks in advance,

Bill K. (rensark01@netzero.net)

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Old Timer - 01 Sep 2005 12:37 GMT

Bill - If the glue used is ordinary tube glue, simple flexing with an
X-Acto knife might be able to do the trick. I recently disassembled an
old Revell XSL-01 for reassembly. The old glue was dried out and the
pieces came apart easily.
Just remember to do it gently, take your time and make sure the pieces
don't go flying!
HTH

-- John

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e - 01 Sep 2005 15:03 GMT

>Bill - If the glue used is ordinary tube glue, simple flexing with an
>X-Acto knife might be able to do the trick. I recently disassembled an
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>-- John

i've had good luck freezing it brittle.

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